Steve Goodier Wisdom: Living Fully

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom . Enjoy!

Do you feel your life is all it can be? Do you yearn for life to be fuller? A friend once re¬cited this poem to me:

There once was a cautious gal, Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: One of Your Greatest Assets

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom . Enjoy!

One of your greatest assets is…your imagination!

In his book THE WINNER’S EDGE, writer Denis Waitley tells of high school basketball players who were divided into three groups. Group One was told not to practice shooting free throws for one month. Group Two was told to practice shooting free throws in the gym every afternoon for a month. Group Three was told to “imagine” shooting free throws every afternoon for one hour for a month.

The results? Group One slipped slightly in their percentage free-throw average. Group Two increased about two percentage points. Group Three also increased about two percentage points. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Not “Skeered of Dyin’”

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom . Enjoy!

Economist Jeremy Gluck speculated on US Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan’s epitaph. He decided it would probably read something like this: “I am guardedly optimistic about the next world, but remain cognizant of the downside risk.”

Though many people feel at peace about their own eventual death, others are concerned about the possible “downside risk.” One of humankind’s greatest fears is around death and the process of dying. Like the song “Old Man River” says: Read more

A True Story of a Holiday Miracle

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Long, long ago, in a small, tropical village in a country far, far away, a little boy lived with his parents in a two room house. He could not have been more than four or five years old and his entire experience of life was limited to the fishing and farming village, his neighbors and friends.

It wasn’t that the little boy was unhappy. Given his situation, he was a rather cheerful, optimistic lad, but times were hard for his parents. The village was recovering from the recent floods that had wiped out his parents livelihood. And the Christmas holidays were just around the corner. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Stick Together

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom . Enjoy!

An old story is told of two men who went fishing in a small boat. The day was uneventful until one of them hooked a huge fish, which, in the struggle, pulled him overboard! He couldn’t swim and began to panic.

“Help!” he yelled. “Save me!” Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Affirmation for Today

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom . Enjoy!

Ralph Waldo Emerson has accurately said, “One of the illusions of life is that the present hour is not the critical, decisive hour. Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year.”

Today is an important day. That problem you solve, that decision you make, that time you enjoy can shape your whole life. The way you and I approach today, and each day, is crucial. Our lives are built by a series of days like today. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: The Way Families Win

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom . Enjoy!

Winston Churchill said, “We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills.” Like humorist Bob Orben added, “That sounds a lot like our family vacations.” And for some people it sounds like everyday life.

The problem is not whether families should have conflict - of course they will! The problem is rather whether or not those conflicts will end. For some people, living in families is like the Hundred Year War. Conflict that has a good ending can bring people closer together, but fighting that goes on and on will only tear families apart. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: What Do You Know?

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom . Enjoy!

Did you hear about the man who attempted skydiving for the first time? His parachute didn’t open. Then his auxiliary chute failed. Now he found himself in free fall with no more options.

Then a strange thing happened. He spotted something coming up towards him from the ground at a high rate of speed. It was a man! When he was sure they would pass one another without a collision, he shouted down to the figure, “Do you know anything about parachutes?” Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: The Real You

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom . Enjoy!

One woman describes herself as “Five feet, three inches tall and pleasingly plump.” After she had a minor accident, her mother accompanied her to the hospital emergency room. The admitting nurse asked for her height and weight, and she blurted out, “Five-foot-eight, 125 pounds.”

The nurse pondered over this information and looked over the patient. Then the woman’s mother leaned over to her and gently chided, “Sweetheart, this is not the Internet.” Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Mad Dash

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom . Enjoy!

This is the age

Of the half-read page.

And the quick hash Read more

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